Affichage de 2265 résultats

(Subscribed ‘(copy)’. The note refers to an award signed on 20 Oct. 1860 and enrolled on 15 Jan. 1861, and to a private Act of Parliament, 36 Geo. III, c. 61.)

Accompanied by an envelope addressed to Clark with compliments of Macmillan & Co.

Gives a history of his work on Shakespeare's plays, and asks for more information about Clark's new edition.

Chancery Office, Manchester -- Sends by railway the MSS on Shakespeare by his great uncle Roger Wilbraham.

The Atheneum -- Provides information about the meaning of a "country captain" in India; shares a conjecture about the first scene of "Measure for Measure".

20 Merton Street, Oxford -- Sends the letters about Aldis Wright that he means to be a gift to Trinity.

20 Merton Street, Oxford -- Informs him that he is sending letters relating to William Aldis Wright to Hugh Macdonald to be given to Trinity.

Trinity College, Cambridge -- Thanks him for the copy of the Athenaeum containing his article about Shakespeare.

Concerning the Shakespeare/Francis Bacon authorship debate.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 September 1906 - Has been reading 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris' and suggests other stories and practices related to the cutting up of the body of Osiris.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 June 1909 - Sends an extract from [William] Bartram's 'Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians', about a Seminole king threatening to command thunder and lightning.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 10 December 1918 - Thanks him for the recommendation to receive the honorary degree from Oxford; one of his boys killed in the war was educated there; has just passed 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' to Dr Gaster to review.

Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Dated Mar. 19, 1919 - Has been reading the GB, and discusses the idea of the labyrinth and dance and Game of Troy as being representative of the motion of the moon.

Wychfield, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge. Dated [28 April 1889] - Wonders if he knows of any drawings of the sacred tree mentioned in his father's Voyage; wonders whether the golden bough is Loranthus europeans.

11 Egerton Place, S.W. Dated Feb. 24, 1904 - In answer to a question, doubts such a book exists, approves the enclosed passage about male and female flowers [transcribed].

13 Madingley Road, Cambridge. Dated January 26, 1908 - Concerning identifying an artwork [the Nemi bust?] as representing oak, has consulted [Richard Irwin] Lynch who thinks the leaves look more like nettle.

Newnham Grange, Cambridge. Dated Dec. 22, 1900 - Thanks him for the GB, thanks Lilly Frazer for the postcards; is sending Gwen and Charles to Germany to learn the language; Ryle is the new Bishop of Exeter; the Master's [Henry Montagu Butler] health is not satisfactory; he has asked the college to look into 'too lavish pensions'.

Newnham Grange, Cambridge. Dated Mar. 10, 1911 - Thanks him for the GB.

41 Iverna Court, Kensington, W. Dated 19th January, 1912 - Has been reading the GB, encloses an article from 'The Morning Post' [transcribed] about 'the hunt of the wren'; her brother is Dr Murray of Selwyn.

Duke's Bungalow, Belgravia, Talawakelle, Ceylon. Dated 22 Nov. 1901 - Provides more information on water 'cut' from the river at sunrise; also sent a copy of the letter on Yantra-gals to Andrew Lang, who had it published; notes the necklaces and charms covering the nipples and vulva worn by Tamil girls; wonders why Tamils put a ring on the 2nd toe when getting married.

Duke's Bungalow, Belgravia, Talawakelle, Ceylon. Dated 3. 9. 1905 - Sends 6 pp. of cuttings [transcribed] from a pamphlet on Jaffra Tamil customs.

55 Primrose Mansions, Battersea Park, London, S.W. Dated 7.12.06 - Has been reading the review of 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris' and wonders if there is a connection between the custom of a girl's first intercourse in the Yao tribe in central Africa and the custom of Babylonish women at the temple of Mylitta.

c/o British bia Consulate, Scutari, Albania, Turkey in Europe. Dated March 13 - Has been reading his book on Taboo, sees he has quoted her notes on Albania, and sends more, including one told her by Holman Hunt of a reluctance to have portraits painted lest the portrait be admitted to heaven first on the Day of Judgment; thinks that unless Europe interferes it is likely the North Albanian Christian will disappear; Prenk Pasha is a man of 'no capacity' but looked on as sent by God; she is the centre of a myth, is supposed to have cured a man shot in the head, rather than the doctor who saved him.